Abdominal Distension

Acute Abdomen
http://facweb.northseattle.edu

Abdominal Pain/Abdominal Mass
Melissa L. Hughes, Scott Q. Nguyen, M.D., Celia M. Divino, M.D.
http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/

Case- Abdominal Distension
http://surgery.uthscsa.edu

Parasitic Infections: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis and Treatment
Lennox K. Archibald, MD, PhD, FRCP, DTM&H
http://www.mgm.ufl.edu/

The Digestive System of the Llama and Alpaca
Dr. Melissa Bruski, Dr. Christine Malinowski
http://cvmstudent.cvm.msu.edu/

Enteral Nutrition - Meeting Nutrient Needs
http://www3.uakron.edu

Radiographic Imaging in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Ed Barnes
http://radiology.med.sc.edu/

Blunt Abdominal Trauma
http://www.bcm.edu/

Neonatal Sepsis
http://pediatrics.uchicago.edu/

Altered Bowel Function
Linda Barney, MD
http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/

Pediatric Surgical Emergencies
Patty Lange
http://www.med.unc.edu/

Complications of the Postpartum Period
http://www39.homepage.villanova.edu/


137 Published articles on Abdominal Distension

1. Continuous negative abdominal distension augments recruitment of atelectatic lung*.
2. An 84-year-old man with abdominal distension and confusion.
3. Case of abdominal distension and foul breath.
4. Altered temporal characteristics of the rectoanal inhibitory reflex in patients with abdominal distension.
5. Haddad syndrome presenting with abdominal distension associated with long-segment aganglionosis.
6. Outbreak of abdominal distension and obstipation in a C57BL/6J experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis study.
7. Leucoma complicated by severe abdominal distension as first presentation in a child.
8. Constipation and recurrent abdominal distension in a 39-year-old woman with irritable bowel syndrome.
9. An unusual cause of abdominal distension in a 4-year-old boy. Neuronal intestinal dysplasia.
10. Ultrasonographic evaluation of abdominal distension in 52 camels (Camelus dromedarius).
11. Abdominal distension in a 4 year old.
12. A man with Klinefelter's syndrome and new abdominal distension: a discussion of evaluation and management.
13. Spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS): a rare but important differential diagnosis for abdominal distension in early pregnancy.
14. Abdominal distension: an important feature in human parechovirus infection.
15. An unusual presentation of abdominal distension.
16. A new-born with massive abdominal distension.
17. New insights into bloating and abdominal distension: is it all outlet obstruction?
18. A rare cause of acute abdominal distension presenting as a surgical emergency.
19. Abdominal distension in a 79-year-old patient.
20. Prolonged balloon expulsion is predictive of abdominal distension in bloating.
21. Psychotic woman with painful abdominal distension. Life-threatening psychotropic drug-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility.
22. Massive abdominal distension resulting from a giant hepatobiliary cystadenoma.
23. Use of a prokinetic agent after double-balloon endoscopy reduces abdominal distension and discomfort, and shortens recovery time: potential adjunct or alternative to CO2.
24. Abdominal distension in a patient with Crohn's disease.
25. A 53-year-old woman with a myocardial infarction, hypotension, and abdominal distension.
26. Hypothyroxinemia and effectiveness of thyroxin supplementation in very low birth weight infants with abdominal distension and poor weight gain.
27. What is the origin of postprandial abdominal distension in patients with functional bloating and irritable bowel syndrome?
28. Diagnostic image (395). A girl with failure to thrive and abdominal distension.
29. Case 2: Fever with abdominal distension.
30. Case of the month: A rare cause of abdominal distension.
31. Clinical trial: the effects of a fermented milk product containing Bifidobacterium lactis DN-173 010 on abdominal distension and gastrointestinal transit in irritable bowel syndrome with constipation.
32. Abdominal distension and low grade fever in a refugee from Sudan.
33. Temporary feeding inhibition caused by artificial abdominal distension in the bedbug, Cimex lectularius.
34. Medical image. Abdominal distension.
35. QUIZ HQ 42. A 45-year-old woman with rapid progressive abdominal distension.
36. An unusual cause of abdominal distension.
37. Diagnostic image (331). A man with abdominal distension.
38. Abdominal distension 3 days post-high-speed road traffic accident.
39. An unusual case of pediatric abdominal distension.
40. An unusual cause of abdominal distension.
41. A three-week-old preterm female infant with abdominal distension. Ruptured neonatal appendicitis.
42. Ultrasonography in diagnosing colorectal cancers in patients presenting with abdominal distension.
43. Acute abdominal distension in a spinally transected rat.
44. A 81 year-old man with abdominal distension, diffuse abdominal pain, and colonic obstruction.
45. A patient with abdominal distension.
46. Radiological quiz of the month. A sudden abdominal distension in a four-year-old child.
47. Effect of blood components, abdominal distension, and ecdysone therapy on the ultrastructural organization of posterior midgut epithelial cells and perimicrovillar membranes in Rhodnius prolixus.
48. A 26-year-old woman with nausea and abdominal distension.
49. Acute abdominal distension secondary to urinary retention in a patient after alcohol withdrawal.
50. Posterior urethral valves presenting as abdominal distension and undifferentiated shock in a neonate: the role of screening emergency physician-directed bedside ultrasound.
51. Giant hydronephrosis: a rare cause of gross abdominal distension.
52. What is your diagnosis? Abdominal distension with loss of intra-abdominal contrast and decreased visibility of serosal surfaces of the small and large intestines.
53. Case No. 108--Prolonged fever, hepatosplenomegaly and severe abdominal distension.
54. Abdominal distension after colonic lactulose fermentation recorded by a new extensometer.
55. Diagnostic image (121). An artificially ventilated neonate with abdominal distension. Pneumoperitonium secondary to intrathoracic air leakage.
56. Spontaneous perforation of the bile duct in infancy: a rare but important cause of irritability and abdominal distension.
57. Gastrointestinal: Abdominal distension in irritable bowel syndrome.
58. An infant with otitis media and abdominal distension.
59. Abdominal distension.
60. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: a rare cause of long-lasting abdominal distension in an 8-year-old boy.
61. Effects of abdominal distension on breathing pattern and respiratory mechanics in rabbits.
62. Mediastinal mass in a dog with syncope and abdominal distension.
63. Abdominal distension due to herpes zoster.
64. Chronic abdominal distension secondary to urinary retention in a patient with alcoholism.
65. Sensation of bloating and visible abdominal distension in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
66. Elevation of CA-125 level is due to abdominal distension in liver transplantation candidates.
67. Abdominal distension.
68. Ambulatory abdominal inductance plethysmography: towards objective assessment of abdominal distension in irritable bowel syndrome.
69. A 3-month-old girl with fever, abdominal distension, vomiting, and jaundice.
70. A 36-year-old woman with HIV infection and abdominal distension.
71. Abdominal distension in collapsed diarrhoeic calves: biochemical findings and treatment.
72. Anaemia, hypoproteinaemia and abdominal distension.
73. Abdominal distension during transurethral resection of a bladder tumour.
74. Abdominal distension during transurethral resection of a bladder tumour.
75. Pulmonary gas exchange improves in the prone position with abdominal distension.
76. Casual fall, pain, and abdominal distension.
77. Effect of peppermint oil hot compresses in preventing abdominal distension in postoperative gynecological patients.
78. Randomized controlled trial of rectal tube placement for the management of abdominal distension following colonoscopy.
79. An 11-year-old boy with abdominal distension.
80. Impairment of lung and chest wall mechanics in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: role of abdominal distension.
81. Abdominal distension in a cat.
82. Abdominal distension in a cat.
83. Abdominal distension in a cat.
84. Abdominal distension in a cat.
85. Abdominal distension in a cat.
86. Case records of the LeBonheur Children's Medical Center: a 17-month-old girl with abdominal distension and portal vein gas.
87. Respiratory muscle length and strength in patients with chronic abdominal distension.
88. Progressive abdominal distension in a 57-year-old male.
89. Diagnostic exercise: abdominal distension and icterus in a spontaneous dwarf rat.
90. Septicaemia and abdominal distension.
91. Progressive abdominal distension and shock following cardiorespiratory arrest.
92. Abdominal distension--discussion.
93. Effect of body position on spontaneous respiratory rate and tidal volume in patients with obesity, abdominal distension and ascites.
94. McKusick-Kaufman syndrome: the diagnostic challenge of abdominal distension in the neonatal period.
95. Volume infusion produces abdominal distension, lung compression, and chest wall stiffening in pigs.
96. Abdominal distension in female patients with irritable bowel syndrome: exploration of possible mechanisms.
97. Abdominal distension alters regional pleural pressures and chest wall mechanics in pigs in vivo.
98. Abdominal distension as the first echographic sign of hydrometrocolpos in a female fetus.
99. Effects of patient education for preoperative gynecologic abdominal surgery on the prevention of postoperative abdominal distension.
100. Solitary nonparasitic hepatic cyst causing abdominal distension and respiratory distress in a newborn.
101. Solitary nonparasitic cyst of the liver: a rare cause of abdominal distension.
102. Gross abdominal distension in a neonate.
103. Acute abdominal distension following Cryptosporidium infection.
104. Abdominal distension in Kaufman-McKusick syndrome.
105. Prune belly syndrome. Study of the effects of abdominal distension on the parietal myogenesis.
106. Abdominal distension in Kaufman-McKusick syndrome.
107. Functional muscular abdominal distension--a case report.
108. Acute abdominal distension in lactase deficiency relieved by metoclopramide.
109. Effect of abdominal distension on central and regional hemodynamics in neonatal lambs.
110. Detecting acute abdominal distension. What to look for, what to do.
111. Respiratory mechanical effects of abdominal distension.
112. Case of bulimia nervosa presenting with acute, fatal abdominal distension.
113. Functional muscular abdominal distension.
114. Abdominal distension in very low birth weight, small for gestational age infants.
115. An antireflux valve to prevent gross abdominal distension after jejuno-ileal bypass.
116. Abdominal distension in newborn infants on phototherapy--the role of eye occlusion.
117. Syndrome of functional muscular abdominal distension.
118. The left lateral view in the plain-film assessment of abdominal distension.
119. Letter: Abdominal distension following ritual circumcision.
120. Anaesthetic management of abdominal distension (a case report).
121. Abdominal distension.
122. The syndrome of functional muscular abdominal distension.
123. Pancreatic ascites, producing abdominal distension.
124. The syndrome of the functional muscular abdominal distension. Clinical picture and pathogenesis.
125. Respiratory symptoms, vomiting, abdominal distension and hypoproteinemia in an infant.
126. A trial of methyl polysiloxane in the treatment of abdominal distension.
127. PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE ABDOMINAL DISTENSION BY CONTINUOUS GASTRIC ASPIRATION.
128. Obstructed labour due to foetal abdominal distension.
129. Ambenonium chloride. Study of its use for 3 years in cases of postoperative abdominal distension and urinary retention.
130. Syndrome of periodic abdominal distension not caused by gas.
131. Prevention of postoperative abdominal distension.
132. Therapy of abdominal distension and enteritis after radium and roentgen therapy.
133. The etiology and treatment of abdominal distension.
134. On the pathophysiology of a peculiar syndrome of acute abdominal distension.
135. Abdominal distension and intestinal activity following laparotomy; a study of the postoperative abdomen, especially the roentgenological findings after herniotomy, appendectomy and gynecological operations.
136. The influence of abdominal distension upon the vital capacity.
137. The Use of Physostigmin in Abdominal Distension.